Inking-pad



(No Model.)

J. H'. MELVBN. 'INKING PAD.

No. 590,898. Patented Sept. 28,1897.

MA M% 7 ATTORNEYS,

UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

JONATHAN II. MELVEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

lNKlN'G-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,898, datedSeptember 2.8', Application led December 3, 1896. Serial No. 614,309.(No model.)

T all whom t mary coll/cern; f Beit known that I, JorniirHANy H. MELVEN,of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Mis7 souri, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Inking-Pads, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide an inking-pad so arranged thatthe ink will be supplied to the outer surface of the pad from itsinterior, thus preventing the surface which is to be brought in contactwith the type or design to be printed from becoming gummed, and wherebyalso an even inkingsurface will be obtained, and in the event dustshould settle on the pad the surface may be readily cleaned by the useof a sponge, a

woolen cloth, or the like.

A further object of this invention is to so construct the pad that thesurface to which the type or design is to be applied is in multiple,thus rendering it possible should one hiking-surface become roughened orworn to remove said surface and have a new surface presented. v

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination oftheseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,-

and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved pad, the cover being representedas in position and as partially broken away. Fig. 2 is a section takenvertically through the pad and its cover, practically on the line 2 2ot`Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the pad removed from its support.Fig. 4 is a plan view of the baseblock of the pad. Fig. 5 is a plan viewof the body-sheet or ink-conducting surface of the pad, and Fig. 6 is abottom plan view of a stopper which is used in connection withy thesupport of the pad.

A base A is provided for the pad, which base, as is particularly shownin Fig. 2, preferably consists of a plate arranged to rest upon or beattached to a table or a like support, the said plate being providedwith a flange 10, which extends upwardly therefrom. While the base maybe of any desired shape,

vare made in the upper face of the base-block,

radially arranged to the opening l1 and convnecting therewith. y Thechannels or grooves 12 are widest and deepest at theirinner ends, havinga downward inclination from the outer edges of the base-block to theopening 1l. The base-plate A is provided with an opening at its center,or an opening correspondingly located to the opening in the base-block,and this opening in the base-plate is sursounded by anupwardly-extending threaded flange 13, the'diameter of the said flangebeing less than the diameter of the opening 1l in the base-block.

The opening in the base-plate is normally closed through the medium of ascrew-cap 14, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6. A sheet 15 of felt or otherelastic and absorbent material is placed upon the base-block'B,extending to the edges of the same. The sheet'of felt 15 constitutes theybody portion of thepad and is provided with a series of apertures 16,extending through froin top to bottom and arranged correspondingly tothe arrangement of the opening l1 in the base-block and its slots orchannels l2, whereby ink, preferably ink -that is ynot gummy, whenplaced upon the upper surface` of the base-block B will find its wayupward through the apertures 16 in the body portion of the pad to theupper surfaceot the saine. The upper surface'of the pad consists of asheet 16 of an absorbent material, which extends over the upper 4face ofthe apertured body l5, and this upper sheet 16, together with the upperside portions of the body 15, are somewhat rounded off, as shown best inFig. 2.

Preferably two or more covers 17 of fabric or other materiall throughwhich .ink may pass are laid over the upper absorbent sheet 16a and arecarried downward along the sides 'of the apertured body 15 and thebase-block strip 1S, usually of metal, as shown in Fig. a.

I, being secured to the latter by a binding- A cover lO is provided forthe pad, being of such shape and dimensions that it maypass over theflange l0 of the base of the pad, as illustrated in Figs. l and 2.

The ink is fed to the pad through the opening 11, the cap le having beenremoved and the pad inverted. After the cap is placed over 'the opening1l the ink will be held in the pad around the flange 13 and in thelgrooves l2. Should the ink at any time fall below the level of thegrooves and the face of the pad need moistcning, by simply inverting thepad the ink will be conducted to thc apertures 1G and through saidapertures to the covers of the pad. It will be observed that theparticular arrangement of apertures, together with the correspondingchannels or grooves l2, will admit of an ample supply of ink being fedto the central portion of the pad, which is that portion most generallyused, and while the ink will also be fed to the marginal portions of thepad it will be conveyed thereto in lesser quantities than at the center.In this manner an economy of ink is obtained, since the most of the inkwill be conducted to that portion of the pad which is most brought intouse, while sufficient of the ink will be carried to the marginalportions of the pad to keep the said portions moist.

It is evident that when an outermost cover 17 for the pad becomes undulyworn it may be torn off, exposing a new inking-surface, and when all ofthe said covers have been used up other covers may be substituted. Theink being carried up from the bottom portion of the pad out to the topprevents an undue accumulation of ink on the outer or inking face of thepad, so that this face is never rendered gummy or becomes undulyclogged, and should the dust settle on the hiking-surface to anydetrimental extent it may be readily wiped off with a sponge or a woolencloth.

IIaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentm 1. An inking-pad, consisting of a base-plate havingan opening in its center and an upwardly-extending fiange or collarsurrounding said opening, a block located upon the base-plate andprovided with an opening receiving the central flange of the base-plate,the said opening in the block being of greater diameter than that of thesaid flange or collar, whereby a space is formed for the reception ofink, an absorbent pad located on the said block and provided withapertures, a cover for the absorbent pad, and a cover arranged to closethe opening in the base-plate, as and for the purpose specified.

2. An inking-pad ,consisting of a base having an opening in its centerand channels connected with the opening, inclined in dircction oi' saidopening and boing depressed at the opening, an absorbent pad located onthe said base provided with central apertures, a series of apertureshaving corresponding arrangement to the arrangement of the channels inthe base, a cover for the absorbent material, and a cover for theopeningl in the base, as and for the purpose specified.

3. An inking-pad consisting of a base having an opening in its centerand inclined channels connected with the opening, said channels beingdepressed at said opening, an absorbent body located on the base,provided with central apertures and series of apertures havingcorresponding arrangement to the arrangement of the channels in thebase, a cover for the opening in the base, and series of covers placedone over the other, said series of covers being carried over theabsorbent body, and a fastening device whereby all the covers are heldat their margins in engagement with the absorbent body, the body beingremovable from the base and the covers removable from the body, as andfor the purpose set forth.

et. In an inking-pad, the combination, with a base having a flange nearits margin and an opening within the ange surrounded by a collar, and acap detachably secured to the said collar, closing the opening in thebase, of a block located upon the base, provided with an opening inwhich the collar of the baseis loosely entered together with channels inits upper face connecting with the opening therein, being depressed atsaid opening, an apertured body of an absorbent inaterial located on theblock, the apertures cor- IOO responding in location to the location ofthe an opening within the flange surrounded by a collar, and a capdetachably secured to the said collar, closing the opening in the base,of a block located upon the base and provided with an openin g receivingthe collar of the base, together with channels in its upper faceinclined downwardly to the opening, an apertured body located upon thesaid block, the apertures corresponding in location to the opening andgrooves or channels in the block, and covers of a material permitting ofthe outward passage of' ink, covering the aforesaid apertured body, andmeans for securing the said covers in place, substantially as shown anddescribed.

0. An inking-pad, consisting of a base-plate having an opening in itscenter and provided with an upwardly-extending threaded flangesurrounding said opening, a block located upon the base-plate andprovided with an opening receiving the central flange of the base-plate,the said opening in the block being of greater diameter than that of thesaid fiange, whereby a space is formed for the rceeption of ink, thesaid block being provided a Cover for the absorbent pad, and a cap arinite upper surface with grooves radiating ranged to close the opening inthe base-plate, from the Central opening, an absorbent pad as and forthe purpose set forth.

located on the said block and provided with eI ONATHAN H. MELVEN. 5apertures Corresponding in location to the lo- Titnessesz cation of theopening in the block and the EDWARD HITCHCOCK,

location of the grooves in the top of the block, SAML. E. VILEY.

